Twitter co-founder Biz Stone announced the question-and-answer based search engine, Jelly, for iOS and Android devices. “In a world where 140 characters is considered a maximum length, a picture really is worth…
Yahoo acquires Aviate
Yahoo has acquired Aviate Which has a technology to organize the home screen of a person’s Android device based on what they’re doing.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. CEO Marissa Mayer…
Pinterest Acquires Image-Recognition Startup VisualGraph
Pinterest has acquired VisualGraph, a builder of image recognition and visual search technology which was founded only in 2010. Pinterest says “the acquisition of VisualGraph will help us build technology to better…
Palo Alto Networks Acquires Morta Security
Computer security company Palo Alto Networks has acquired Morta Security Inc., which was founded by former U.S. Air Force and National Security Agency (NSA) staff. “Today, we are thrilled to announce that…
Microsoft acquires customer-care vendor Parature
Microsoft has acquired Herndon-based Parature, a customer-care service provider to enhance its customer service software offering. Microsoft already has a running relationship with Parature through a partnership for Microsoft’s contact management suite,…